I thank the Lord Jesus Christ for the talent He has bestowed on all of us!
I have been artistic all of my life and love experimenting with different mediums and techniques. This blog is my creative outlet to share my passion for cardmaking and papercrafting!

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Friday, May 25, 2012

What a whirlwind of a week for me!! I had the opportunity to meet and make a new
stamping friend, spaghetti dinner at a very nice restaurant with our 5th and 6th
grade Awana book award winners and of course, my full-time accounting job but I managed to squeeze in a few moments to stamp (thanks to a very understanding hubby!)!!

I thought that since we are headed into Memorial Day weekend that a sympathy card would be appropriate. I know that many of us celebrate this weekend with family and friends and pray that we will remember those who lost their lives serving our country!

This card is very quick and easy to create- stamp the
image with Basic Black onto Whisper White cardstock (I love the new SU! pads-
such a clean crisp image!!). HINT- With
this image I masked the flowers so the stem would not overlap the petals.

Layer onto Basic Black cardstock. Assemble the layers using Designer Series
Paper (DSP), add the paper doily, bow and pearls- you are done!!

There you go- my version of CAS- I hope you like it!! Have a great weekend honoring the men and women who have died for our freedom- may the Lord richly bless their families and continue to bless our country!!

Monday, May 21, 2012

I have one more
card that I can share from this weekend and decided to create another card for
the HSSTC118 Hand Stamped Sentiments Emboss Resist Challenge- I could not resist :-)) Emboss resist is one of my all time favorite techniques and if you have a chance, stop by and see the
Design Team samples along with all of the other entries!

Sunday, May 20, 2012

It has been another extremely busy week! One of the reasons I have not been able to post as frequently to my blog is that I am currently on two Design Teams for Spliptcoaststampers- the Creative Crew (highlighting SU! products) and just announced this week, the Dirty Dozen!! I am so honored to have been chosen for both of these teams!

The Fan Club Gallery at Splitcoaststampers is one of the benefits you receive if you are a Fan Club member (you do not have to be a member to enjoy the resources but let me tell you, I have been a member for years and the Fan Club Gallery has so much to offer)! Along with the current "Dirty Girls" I created six projects for the May gallery "Life is like a Box of Chocolates" - chocolate colors, chocolate, etc. Come check out these exclusive to SCS Fan Club Members only designs out!!

Today, I decided to spend some time today relaxing and creating cards for some of my favorite weekly challenges along with a few for the Creative Crew (stop back after June 1st to see the Creative Crew cards:-)).

Stamp the floral image using Basic Gray on Whisper White cardstock and color with the Wisteria Wonder and Lucky Limeade Stampin’ Write markers. Use the Versamarker™ to go over the flowers and leaves, apply Stampin’ Emboss® Clear Embossing Powder and heat using the Heat Tool.

With a Sponge Dauber, apply Tempting Turquoise for the sky, add the 5/8” Basic Gray Satin bow and sentiment to finish off the card.

Tuesday, May 15, 2012

I have been extremely
busy the past few weeks with creating projects for the Creative Crew MayChallenge on Splitcoast Stampers and swap cards for our quarterly group
meeting. My upline, Cindy Fodor spends
so much time preparing a great meeting for us- she is the best and we had such a wonderful time- thanks Cindy and family!

Our swaps must have at least two layers and two embellishments.I love to use ribbon and brads and lots of layers, so thankfully not a problem on that end....but for some reason I
always seem to struggle with the design of my swap cards. Not sure why my “mojo” seems
to disappear and this year with the catalog transition (and the discontinuation
of my favorite satin ribbon), I really had a tough time... which means that I am up to the wee hours of the morning the few nights leading up to the meeting trying to finish. Who needs sleep anyway? :-)

I finally decided to
create a semi-vintage card using Nature’s Pace- love that little bee.
I am really allergic to bee stings
so I do not like bees outside in the yard but I think that the images are so
cool!

Sunday, May 6, 2012

It has been another very
busy week and I finally had a chance to relax and stamp a card. I
decided to use the colors from the CQC135 ColourQ Challenge (love this weekly challenge!)to create a CAS (Clean and Simple) masculine card. If you have the time, visit their site to see all of the Design Team projects as well as all of the different entries- always an inspiration!

To create this card:

On Whisper White cardstock,
use sticky notes to create a mask. Stamp the truck image with Versamark™ ink, apply Stampin’ Emboss® Brown Embossing
Powder and heat with the Heat Tool.

Once the embossing has cooled, color
with Stampin’ Write markers (I used the challenge colors- Pool Party, Ruby Red,
So Saffron) and apply Early Espresso ink with a Sponge Dauber to “antique” the
image.

It was difficult to photograph this image- in real life it had a wonderful aged appearance - the background has a rich sepia tone to it :-)

Mount onto Early
Espresso cardstock and again onto the embossed panel of Whisper White. Add the sentiment with the Hemp Twine (retired)
to finish off the card.

I decided to create a quick easy layout using the retired In-Color Hostess DSP pack along with a few punches, embossing folders and of course, Pearls.

This one is so simple- just stamp the edges with the scroll image from Creative Elements on the 8x8 pages of Pear Pizzazz. Add the panels, bow and flower- as a fellow demonstrator says, "Easy Peasy"..:-)

Here is my card for submission for the CCREW0512CF,
CreativeCrew, SUO or SUM -- Catalog focus:Time to Blossom! Think of May flowers. We
have lots of flowers in the catalog: stamps, punches, paper flowers, Big Shot
dies, buttons, etc.. Use any or all of these in a project.

Again, this card highlights all of the
In-Colors on one card along with a few other retiring products…

To create this card:

Use the Big Shot™ with the Perfect Polka
Dots Textured Impressions™ Embossing Folder to emboss a piece of Blushing Bride
cardstock.

Stamp the Triple Treat Flower three
separate times each time with a different ink- first time with Concord Crush, then
with Peach Parfait and again with Poppy Parade Classic ink. Punch out the
flower portions and assemble the flower.

Layer the card using the doily from
Flirtatious Specialty DSP, embossed panel using the Vintage Wallpaper Textured
Impressions™ Embossing Folder (this was a scrap piece I had from a previous
project).

Add the flower with SU! Dimensionals , the ½”
Pear Pizzazz Seam Binding Bow and the little tag sentiment to finish off the
card.

Thanks again for visiting- I hope you enjoy this card and if you have the time to join us this month, please do! Just create a card and upload to Splitcoast Stampers using the keywords CREW0512CF, CreativeCrew, SUO or SUM. Have a great week and have fun stamping!

Here is one of the challenges for the Splitcoast Creative Crew May Challenges-

CCREW0512DF,
CreativeCrew, SUO or SUM - DSP/Color Focus

A Vintage Career! This is the last month
for the 2010-2012 In Colors (Blushing Bride, Poppy Parade, Pear Pizzazz, Peach
Parfait, Concord Crush). Showcase the
color you'll miss the most in a project….I used all of the colors since I love
them all!

Using Peach Parfait, Pear Pizzazz and Poppy
Parade to stamp collage images from Established Elegance onto a piece of
Blushing Bride cardstock.

De-static the cardstock, stamp the dress
form with Versamark™ ink and then again into Concord Crush Classic Ink, apply
Stampin’ Emboss® Clear Embossing Powder and heat with the Heat Tool.

Emboss with the Big Shot™ with the
Decorative Oval Frame Textured Impressions™ Folder, tear the edges around the
edges by hand and lightly sponge Concord Crush over the embossing and around
the edges.

Layer the cardstock panels, add the ½” Pear
Pizzazz Seam Binding Ribbon, add the bow with the rolled flower center,
sentiment and pearls to finish off the card.

I am so excited- May is my first month as part of the
Splitcoast Stampers SU! Creative Crew Design Team and what an honor! I will be participating on the Design Team for four months and we are hoping that you will join us this
month! If you have the time to participate, just create a project from one of the challenge categories and upload it to the Splitcoast Gallery- it is that easy and a lot of
fun! When you upload, make sure that you
use the keywords that are highlighted in bold so we can all see your projects
and comment (SUO- Stampin’ Up! Only and SUM= SU! Mostly)-

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